Avery's eyes opened slowly as she felt her head gently jostle against something, tickling her face. Something was wrapped around her thighs, and she was hanging onto whatever it was. Her drowsy eyes could make out the color of grey shuffling against her face, rubbing parts of her hair between Avery's cheek and whatever the grey thing was.

Avery blinked once, twice, and a third time before she inched her head upwards with whatever energy she had so she could see over whatever the grey was. Dark colors passed her by, interrupted by the slow sway of...red? Not really red red, more like a pinkish-red.

'There's a word for it...pink and red...come on...' It started with an "S" didn't it? Maybe it would help if she leaned back to see what the thing was? That seemed smart, right?

In her honest opinion, she tried to get a better angle of what was in front of her eyes, she really did! Whatever had caught her eye was striking a deep sense of familiarity in her, a presence of...right in her. She couldn't place what the feeling was that seemed to be in every part of her body. It ached a dull ache from the tips of her toes to the back of her brain, a feeling of something she couldn't remember the words for.

She liked this feeling, Avery knew that much. Was this a feeling she felt all the time? She couldn't remember, and the gentle sway of whatever was in front of her wasn't helping. It eased her head, like a gentle mother rocking her child to sleep. Her head rolled from each shift until Avery grew too tired to hold her head up and let it softly land on the grey thing holding her up. The grey blob in front of her twitched mid step, and Avery saw a flash of green near the sea of...whatever color that wavy thing was.

Avery blinked again and the color came more into focus. It was a...something. Oh, wait, hair! It was hair! The tips of the nicely colored hair bobbed from side to side slowly in front of her eyes to the sway of whatever, whoever, Avery was holding onto. This was someone she knew, someone she knew very well, but who? Who had such nicely colored hair?

'I like that hair.' She couldn't remember whose hair it was,but she knew she liked looking at it. It was such a nice color...whatever name the color was. She definitely liked looking at it.

'I like holding it too.' Avery blinked once as she quirked her head in confusion. Where had that thought come from? It left her confused, but in agreement. She liked looking at it, but she liked touching that hair more. She liked running her fingers through the soft locks of hair while amidst in strong cuddling. She liked playfully tugging on it to kiss whoever that hair belonged to. She liked holding fistfulls of that hair as she grinded her hips-

Avery blinked a few times in surprise from the sudden memory. She remembered seeing the flash of green there too. She liked seeing that shade of green. But which did she like more?

Avery quirked her head again, and held her head up again to look at the person holding them. She couldn't see the flash of green from where she was, but she could make out the person's strong jawline. Avery liked that person's jawline. It was strong like the person who had that jawline.

Avery wasn't strong, but she knew the person carrying her was. Where were they taking her?

"...Where are we...?" Her voice was tired. Avery was tired. Why was she tired? A shift in color made her look forward to see the face move towards them, and Avery could see the shade of green again!

The deep shade of green belonged to the person's eyes, much to Avery's surprise. How could someone's eyes be so green? They seemed to shine like emeralds, and Avery found her own eyes clouding over. Why were they clouding over, did eyes do that? Oh, she was crying. The person with her didn't seem to like that she was crying, and Avery soon found their butt resting on the cold sidewalk. Why was she on the ground? Her butt didn't like the ground!

More tears fell from her eyes as she sat on the ground in confusion. Why was she on the ground? Why was she crying? Where was the other person?

Oh, they were right in front of her. Not 'they', she! It was Mason in front of her! And she remembered why she was crying too! Score! Although she soon found her vision somewhat obscured by Mason wiping at her tears, a look of worry on her beautiful face.

"What's th' matter?" Her voice only seemed to make Avery cry more, who placed her hands against Mason's cheeks and bumped her forehead against Mason's.

"Y-you're s-s-so beautif-ful!" As she gently butted her head against Mason's, she could hear the larger woman laugh quietly. "I-It's not funny! Y-You're so amazing and pretty and strong and stuff, and I'm just some dumb old kid who's with the greatest girlfriend she co-" Avery's tear stained face found itself pushed into the crook of Mason's neck, her blubbering muffled by Mason's strong embrace. Mason's arms had coiled themselves around Avery's body, and Avery was quick to reply as she wrapped her arms around Mason's neck.

"You're not dumb. You are one of the kindest people I have ever met. I wake up in the morning and I wonder how lucky I am to be with someone as wonderful as you." Mason's voice grew quiet before she slowly pulled her head back to stare into Avery's misty eyes. It must've been a trick of the low lighting, but Avery could've sworn she saw Mason's eyes glitter.

"You have changed my life so much, and I'm thankful for every moment you've given me. I love you Avery, and I can't imagine living my life without you." Avery's slowly lessening tears were seemingly replaced immediately by an ever flowing river, and she found her her head soon buried in Mason's neck again, blubbering words as she held onto Mason's tear stained jacket.

She wrapped her arms around Mason's neck and held tight, afraid that at any moment Mason would disappear. Likewise, Mason wrapped her arms around Avery and carefully picked her up bridal style with her strength that Avery loved so much about her.

After a moment to secure her arms, Mason set off towards the couple's apartment with an emotional Avery in her arms. The younger woman wiped her tears with the sleeve of her jacket while staring up at her girlfriend.

Avery loved Mason, she knew that with every fiber of her being. From her pretty salmon pink hair (that was the word!) and strong muscles to her stoic yet loving personality. She loved it all, but had she told Mason that?

Using her arms to pull herself upwards, she placed a fumbling kiss against the underside of her girlfriend's chin before rubbing her face against Mason's neck.

"I love you too." Mason smiled at her in a way Avery had only seen a few times, but had so much happiness in it, that Avery couldn't help but smile back at it. Mason pulled her closer and gently rested her head against Avery's, nuzzling her head in a way that reminded Avery of an affectionate cat. She was quick to reciprocate as she bumped her head gently against Mason's.

Mason soon started walking again, carrying her loving girlfriend in her arms. Avery soon fell asleep once again, resting her head on Mason's shoulder as she pulled her knees closer to her body.

She loved Mason, and she couldn't be happier than how she felt right now.